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Conneaut News Herald
January 18, 1954
Mrs. Frank Jaworek Dies at Age of 61
Conneaut - Mrs. Nellie Mary Jaworek, 61, of 424 ½ Jackson St., died
Thursday night in Hamot Hospital, Erie, PA, following a short illness.
Mrs. Jaworek is survived by husband, Frank; three daughters, Mrs.
Joseph Donikowski and Mrs. Chester Blasczk, both of Erie, PA; and Mrs.
Walter Killar, Detroit MI; four sons, Edmond and Chester, of Erie PA;
and Henry and Stephen, of Buffalo NY; and 15 grandchildren.
Services will be held at 8 a.m. at Dusckas Funeral Home, 2607 Buffalo
Rd, Erie PA. A requiem mass will follow at 9 in St. James
Church. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery, Erie.
Friends may call at the funeral home at any time.
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Ashtabula Star Beacon
January 18, 1954
Grapples Hunt Bodies of Two Lost Fisherman
Conneaut - Grappling operations continued today despite icing
conditions on Lake Erie for the bodies of the remaining two
fishermen lost off Conneaut nearly a month ago.
The body of Frank Rogala has been found, and the family has arranged to
hold a Requiem Mass in St. Hedwig Church, Erie, Tuesday at 9 a.m.
Turbulent waters forced grappling operations to halt Sunday
afternoon. The tug, Richard R., and Mr. Rogala’s body were
brought to Conneaut Harbor Saturday night. Still lost are Frank
Rogala’s brother, Richard, and Russell Smith.
Fishermen reported today that the lake is beginning to freeze over and that they may yet have to halt the search until spring.
A diver, William Cwick of Buffalo, found Frank Rogala’s body
Friday. Since the boat has been returned to shore, however, the
searchers feel that grapples will easily find the bodies, and diving
operations have been called off due to danger to the diver.
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Ex-Ashtabulan, Leading Citizen of Bowery, Dies
Prof. Walter Edwin Peck, 62, the New York Bowery’s most illustrious citizen, is dead.
The former Ashtabulan was found unconscious in a skid row doorway in
New York during a snowstorm Sunday night. He died several hours
later at Columbus Hospital in New York, apparently from a heart attack.
Harry Baronian, editor of the Bowery News identified the unclaimed body
at the city morgue. Prof. Peck had occasionally earned a little
money writing for the
news. The son of Charles Peck of Ashtabula, Walter Peck was
widely known in this city and often looked up some of his old friends
when they visited in New York City. The father served for
approximately 30 years as clerk of Ashtabula City Board of
Education. The Peck family home was at 225 Park Place.
In 1925, Mr. Peck was hailed in world literary circles, when he
discovered in an old notebook in the Harvard library two previously
unpublished poems by Shelley. Two years later he wrote a book
“Shelley: His Life and Work,” which won favorable notices.
Mr. Peck was graduated from Hamilton College in 1913 and obtained a
master’s degree at Columbia University and a doctorate at Oxford.
He was earning $20,000 a year as an authority on English romantic poetry when his career collapsed.
He was fired in 1929 from a professorship at Hunter College in New York
because of alleged romantic escapades. He soon ended up on the
Bowery. Over the years he became a familiar figure with
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Manning, Early Bridge Disaster Witness, Dies
James Edward Manning, who lost both legs in a train accident at the age
of eight and later became a railroad man and fan, died at 6:15 p.m.
Sunday in his home, 2710 Lake Ave. He was 95.
Known as Uncle Jim, Mr. Manning had been confined to his bed for the
past two weeks and had been in ill health for the past six weeks.
He was widely known as on e of the first persons to reach the scene of
the famed Ashtabula bridge disaster.
The accident which cost both his legs occurred when a friend dared him
to try to hitch a ride on an LS & MS train. He slipped and
both legs were amputated.
Doctors gave him little chance to live, but the plucky youngster
survived and went on to become a railroader for more than 45 years. He
made his own artificial legs which he used nearly all his life.
Mr. Manning was born in Ashtabula Sept. 8, 1858 and had been a lifelong
resident here. He was a retired billing clerk for the New York
Central Railroad.
Mr. Manning, a man of great courage, was cheerful despite his handicap,
and was able to get around by himself. He was the second person
to arrive at the scene of the bridge disaster 77 years ago and was an
authority on the early history of this community.
Mr. Manning was a member of St. Joseph Church and the Altar and Rosary
Society there. He is survived by three nieces; Mrs. W. T.
Flanagan, Mrs. Ambrose Gerrety and Miss Gertrude Manning, all of
Ashtabula. A niece by marriage, Olive Wright, was his house
keeper. Two cousins are Tom and Anne Manning. His wife,
Myrta and a son, Harold, preceded him in death. Funeral services
will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in St. Joseph Church with interment in St.
Joseph Cemetery.
Friends may call at Zaback Funeral Home from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m.
Tuesday. The Altar and Rosary Society will conduct its service at
the funeral home at 8 p.m. Tuesday.
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Frank Weldy, Livestock Trader, Dies at Age 71
Andover – Frank J. Weldy, 71, widely known as a former livestock trader
in Ashtabula County, died Saturday at 4:45 p.m. at Dicksonburgh
PA. Blind at the time of his death, Mr. Weldy formerly traded
both livestock and farms in the county.
He was born Jan. 13, 1883 at Pierpont, the son of Abram and Hulda Craver Weldy, and lived most of his life in this county.
His wife, the former Margaret Stinson, and a brother, Lewis Weldy, preceded him in death.
He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Lee Griffith of Mantua Corners
and Miss Margaret Weldy of Dicksonburgh; two sons, William of
Dicksonburgh and Addison of Atlantic, PA; a brother, Bert Weldy of
Pierpont, and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Baumgardner Funeral
Home here with Rev. Don C. Sillaman of the Cherry Valley Methodist
Church officiating. Burial will be in Kinsman Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home from 7 to 9 p.m. tonight.
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Conneaut News Herald September 8, 1953 Conneaut Mother, Son Die in Crash 3 others Killed in Traffic
A Conneaut mother and infant son met death in Maryland, a Cleveland
woman died in a county crash near Geneva and a pedestrian was fatally
injured near Albion to head the accident toll in a series of traffic
mishaps over the Labor Day holiday weekend.
The Maryland tragedy claimed another life and injured a Conneaut father
while 17 persons were hurt in the county accidents, two severely.
The dead are:
Mrs. Frances Goodiel, 812 Lake Erie St;
Raymond Goodiel Jr., aged one, same address;
An itinerant farm hand, identified only as “Joe,” aged about 60; Mrs. Goodiel, Infant Son Killed
Mrs. Frances Goodiel, 20, and her son, Raymond Goodie, one year old,
812 Lake Erie St, were fatally injured and the husband and father,
Raymond Goodiel, 21, was less seriously hurt in an auto collision
Sunday afternoon near Easton, MD.
Mrs. Goodiel was reported to have been instantly killed and the tot died a few hours later in an Easton Hospital.
Also killed in the crash was Mrs. Betty Jane Kemberling, 25, Altoona
PA. Her husband, Sgt. George Kemberling, suffered minor injuries.
Both women were reported to be expectant mothers. Failed to Stop
Police who investigated said Kemberling failed to stop his car at an
intersection and smashed into the Goodiel automobile. The
Goodiel’s were visiting their parents in Cambridge, MD, over the
holiday.
They have been located in Conneaut for a little more than a year and
Goodiel was employed in the car department of the New York Central
Railroad at Ashtabula.
They made their Conneaut residence with a grandmother, Mrs. Eleanor Goodiel, Lake Erie St.
Members of the family here said today that funeral services and burial would be conducted in Maryland at a time to be announced.
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Conneaut News Herald
Monday, August 3, 1953
J. S. Northrop, dies at Age 93
Jefferson S. Northrop, 93, of 229 ½ Broad St, died at 4:30 a.m.
Sunday in Longview Hospital, Kingsville. He had been hospitalized
for the past two weeks. Death was due to complications following
a fall at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Edward Wiesner, Williamsville,
NY.
Born in Corry PA, July 11, 1860, Mr. Northrop moved to Bradford PA when
he was 20 years old to go to work in the oil fields for the U.S.
Pipeline Co.
In 1917, during the First World War, he moved to Conneaut to work for
the Nickel Plate Railroad. During his employment with the NKP he
spent 15 years as a foreman carpenter in the maintenance
department. Retiring in 1931, he divided his time between
Conneaut and the home of his children in Indianapolis and Buffalo NY.
Among his proudest possessions were the discharge papers of his father,
Calvin Northrop, who served for three years with the Union Army in the
Civil War.
He was a member of the Masonic Lodge and the First Methodist church.
He is survived by two sons, Ray Northrop, Indianapolis IN and George of
Frankfort IN; daughter, Mrs. Edward Wiesner, Williamsville NY, eight
grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
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Conneaut News Herald Monday, August 3, 1953 Jennie Loucks, 60, Ex-Resident, Dies
Miss Jennie Loucks, 60, Warren, a former Conneaut resident, died Sunday at Warren after a short illness.
While residing in Conneaut Miss Loucks was employed for a number of
years with the Tungstoller Co. She made her home here with her
sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Torrance, 258 High St.
She is survived by her sister, Mrs. Torrance, and brother, Fred Loucks, of Cleveland.
Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Roberts Memorial Funeral Home, Warren.
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Conneaut News Herald
Saturday, December 11, 1954
Rites Set Here for Rev. Watson
Double funeral services have been planned for Rev. Milo L. Watson,
former pastor of the Conneaut Free Methodist Church, who died Thursday
in Oil City PA. Rev. Watson was pastor in Conneaut from 1940 to
1943. Rites will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in the Free
Methodist Church, Shippenville PA where he had been pastor since
September.
The body will then be brought to the Thompson Funeral Home where
friends may call after 7:30 Sunday. Funeral services will be at
the Free Methodist Church here at 2:30 p.m. Monday Rev. L. J. Lindsey,
former district superintendent and Rev. R. R. Blews, present district
superintendent, will conduct the services. Burial will be in
Eastlake Cemetery, North Kingsville.
Rev. Watson is survived by his wife, Ida; four daughters, Mrs.
Genevieve Braden, Conneaut; Mrs. Dorotha Caldwell, Fryberg PA; Mrs.
Helen Sprowls, Kansas City MO; and Mrs. Hilda Millsop, Shippenville PA;
two sons, John Wesley Watson, Ashtabula and Rev. Gerald Watson, pastor
of the Free Methodist Church in North Kingsville; two brothers, Forrest
Watson, Harbor Creek NY; and Albert Watson, Genesee PA; two sisters,
Mrs. Grace Huff, Emporiam PA and Mrs. Clara Franke, Coudersport PA and
14 grandchildren.
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Conneaut News Herald Saturday, December 11, 1954 Eugene P. Tully Dies at Age 88
Eugene P. Tully, 88, of 494 Beaver St, died at his home 3 p.m.
Friday. Mr. Tully had been in poor health for the past two years.
Mr. Tully was born Jan 8, 1866 in Welland, Canada. He came to
Conneaut in 1889, the same year he married the former Marie
Bouchard. He worked as a stationary fireman for both the P &
J Dock Co and the Nickel Plate until his retirement.
Mr. Tully is survived by his wife, Marie; four daughters, Mrs. Herbert
Harmon, Mrs. Edward Connors, and Mrs. Charles Fink, all of Cleveland;
and Miss Rose Tully, Conneaut; three sons, Ted and Delmar, Conneaut and
James of Lakeville; 14 grandchildren and two great grandsons.
Funeral services will be 9:30 a.m. Monday at St. Mary’s Church. Burial will be in St. Joseph’s Cemetery.
Friends may call at the Lee Cunningham Funeral home from 7:00 – 9p.m. Saturday, and Sunday afternoon and evening.
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Ashtabula Star Beacon
Monday, June 21, 1954
Traffic Toll at Nine as Cyclist Dies
Ashtabula County’s traffic death toll mounted to nine during the
weekend when a 28 year old motorcyclist from Orwell died of injuries
received after being thrown to the pavement of Rt 86, just north of
Windsor.
Walden HINES, an automobile mechanic, died at St. Joseph’s Hospital in
Warren about two hours later. He received a fractured skull and
was one of three motorcyclists killed in the state over the weekend.
According to the Sate Highway Patrol, Hines’ motorcycle flipped over
four times after it went into a high speed “wobble” and threw him off
it. Hines was headed north.
He is survived by his parents Mr. and Mrs. Harland Hines, Windsor; six
brothers Wendall, Daryl, Rolland, Myron and Lowell, all of Windsor;
Delwis (?) of Jefferson, and a niece, Cynthia, Jefferson. Funeral
services will be held at Paine’s Funeral Home, Orwell at 2 p.m.
Wednesday when Rev. Raymond Taylor, pastor of Cherry Valley Nazarene
Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Windsor Cemetery.
Calling hours will be from 7 – 9 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Eleven persons were injured and six of them hospitalized in other
accidents in the county and city during the same period. Lake
County counted its ninth traffic victim when Jessie Nelhart, 62,
Lewistown PA, died in Lake County Memorial Hospital of injuries
received May 4 by walking into the side of a tractor-trailer on Rt
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Conneaut News Herald
Wednesday, July 14, 1954
Car-Truck Crash Kills Andover Man
Dorset - Floyd MOSCHELL, 23, Andover, was pronounced dead on arrival at
Ashtabula General Hospital where he was taken following a car-truck
collision at 1:15 a.m. today at the intersection of RT 90 & 307
here**(see note at bottom about location).
Also seriously injured was Carl Hartz Jr, 22, of R D 2 Dorset, driver
of the car who suffered multiple lacerations of the face, hands and
chest and a compound fracture of the left leg.
Mr. Moschell died of a crushed chest and a punctured heart. He
was the father of a five-month-old baby. Driver of the truck was
Charles W. Reep, 41, of Jefferson. The rig is owned by Roadway
Express of Akron.
According to sheriff’s deputies the car was traveling east on 307 and
failed to stop at the intersection. It crashed headlong into the
trailer, which was heading south on Rt 90, and both vehicles traveled
about 180 feet from the point of impact, coming to a stop in a
ditch. The car was crushed under the rear wheel of the
truck. Deputies said that the car was a total loss and there was
extensive damage to the tractor-trailer.
Hartz, an employee of the Pneumatic Tool Co, Orwell, has been cited to
Justice Court, Jefferson, for failure to yield the right of way.
This morning’s accident marked the 11th traffic fatality in Ashtabula
County for 1954. At this time last year the toll stood at 19.
Mr. Moschell was born at Cherry Valley, March 14, 1931, the son of John
and Jesse Moschell. He lived there until a year ago when he moved
to Andover.
A graduate of New Lyme High School in 1949, he had served a two-year
enlistment in the Army, nine months of which he spent in Europe.
Since his discharge he had been engaged as a trucker and
farmer. In 1951 he married the former Kathleen Litwiler who
survives at home along with a five-month-old daughter, Mona.
Other survivors are Mr. Moschell’s parents, a sister, Mrs. Idabell
Koontz of Newark OH, a brother Marlin of Dorset and several aunts and
uncles.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Baumgardner Funeral Home,
Andover, Rev. Don S. Sillaman, pastor of Cherry Valley Methodist
Church, officiating. Interment will be at Cherry Valley Cemetery.
Calling hours will be observed from 7 – 9 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
**Note – Some time later Rt. 90 became Rt. 193 and what was 307 changed to Mells Rd.
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Conneaut News Herald
Wednesday, July 14, 1954
Mrs. Mary Bradnan Dies at Age of 76
Mrs. Mary Bradnan, 76, died of a heart condition at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Julia Kanya, Cleveland.
Born in Czechoslovakia, Mrs. Bradnan resided at Monroe for 27
Years. She had lived with her daughter for the past six years.
Other survivors are her sons, Andrew and Paul of Monroe, nine
grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in
death by her husband, Andrew; a son, John; a daughter, Mrs. Mary
Antak; and an infant son.
Services will be held at the Dr. Martin Luther Evangelical Lutheran
Church, Cleveland, at 10 a.m. Friday. Interment will be a 2 p.m.
at Kelloggsville Cemetery.
Friends may call at the Parobek Funeral Home, 2937 W. 14th St, Cleveland from 2 to 4 and 6 to 10 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday.
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Conneaut News Herald
Wednesday, July 7, 1954
George E. Range, Ex-Resident, Dies
George E. Range, 62, a former Conneaut and Greenville PA resident died
at 8:45 a.m. Tuesday at Sharon PA General Hospital. Mr. Range
resided for the past two years with his daughter and son-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. Richard Gibbs, in Sharon.
Mr. Range was born Oct. 12, 1891 in Erie, the son of Lincoln and
Arminita Range. He married Bernice Rood on Feb. 27, 1917.
He was a member of First Methodist Church in Greenville PA, and was
employed as a yard clerk for the Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad until
his retirement in 1945. Survivors include his daughter with whom
he made his home, three grandchildren and a sister, Mrs. C. B. Baker of
Conneaut. His wife, Bernice, preceded him in death on July 9,
1945.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at the Marcy Funeral Home
with Rev. Ralph Gray of First Methodist Church officiating.
Burial will be in Glenwood Cemetery.
Calling hours at the Marcy Funeral Home will be Thursday afternoon and
evening. Friends may also call at the Loutzenhiser Home for
Funerals, Greenville PA, from 7 to 9 tonight.
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Conneaut News Herald
Wednesday, July 7, 1954
Wallace Saigeon, 80, Ex-Resident, Dies
Services for Wallace Saigeon, 80, a long-time resident of Conneaut are
being arranged in St. Cloud, FL where he died at noon Monday.
Mr. Saigeon was for many years an employee of the Nickel Plate.
He operated a store on Main St after retirement from the railroad.
He had been in failing health for some time, moving to Florida 15 years
ago to convalesce. He is survived by his wife, Edith.
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Conneaut News Herald
Thursday, July 8, 1954
E. E. Miller, 76, Ex-Engineer, Dies
Edward E. Miller, 76, a long time former resident of Conneaut, died Wednesday in his home in Canton after a brief illness.
Mr. Miller lived in Conneaut from 1900 to 1930. During that time
he was a Nickel Plate engineer and active in the Masons and BLE.
After retirement from the Buffalo Division of the NKP he moved to
Canton.
He is survived by his second wife, of Canton; a daughter Mrs. F. P.
Welkner of Buffalo; four sons, Paul, 1493 Lake Rd, Raymond of
Cleveland, Albert of St Paul MN and Alfred of Bellevue.
Funeral services will be held at the Williams Funeral Home, Canton at 2 p.m. Friday. Burial will be in Canton.
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Conneaut News Herald
Thursday, July 8, 1954
Man Hangs Self in County Jail
Peter Sanbora, 28, Sharpsville PA, hung himself in a cell at County
Jail here shortly before 5 p.m. Wednesday while his father and sister
were in the jail office negotiating his release. County
CoronerDr. C. C. Roller ruled death was caused by suffocation.
The dead man, a vacationer at Geneva on the Lake, was apparently
despondent other inmates said. He was jailed Tuesday night and
booked on a charge of intoxication.
Sheriff Tom Fasula said Sanbora got a brief glimpse of his father and
sister, who were called Wednesday by the sheriff to come after him,
when the jailer opened the door to install another prisoner. A
few minutes later he was found hanging with his belt looped around a
cross bar. Deputies arrested him at a North Kingsville motel
where he had apparently driven from his lodgings at the resort
village. The body was taken to Sharpsville for burial.
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